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Music Appreciation

irisblue

(32,954 posts) Wed Nov 11, 2020, 10:20 AM Nov 2020

Gordon Lightfoot, Endless Wire album, The Circle is Small

1977 I think.
Yesterdays Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald brought back this memory.

I know he was living large and with 'chemically enhanced' crowd for awhile, but he always could tell a story in song.

Knowing that he is Canadian, I can almost see a mostly empty tea mug on wooden table in front of him, darkening city windows behind him as the door to the kitchen is opening...

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Gordon Lightfoot, Endless Wire album, The Circle is Small (Original Post) irisblue Nov 2020 OP

Love this song! luvs2sing Nov 2020 #1

I did not know about that! Can you point me to the documentary? irisblue Nov 2020 #2

Gordon Lightfoot: If You Could Read My Mind luvs2sing Nov 2020 #3

luvs2sing

(2,220 posts)

1. Love this song!

Reply to irisblue (Original post)

Wed Nov 11, 2020, 10:32 AM

Nov 2020

In the documentary that came out last year, he talks about the inspiration for it.

He is a global treasure.

irisblue

(32,954 posts)

2. I did not know about that! Can you point me to the documentary?

Reply to luvs2sing (Reply #1)

Wed Nov 11, 2020, 10:38 AM

Nov 2020

luvs2sing

(2,220 posts)

3. Gordon Lightfoot: If You Could Read My Mind

Reply to irisblue (Reply #2)

Wed Nov 11, 2020, 10:45 AM

Nov 2020

It’s available on Amazon, and you can reserve it from the library. There is also a good book about him by Nicholas Jennings. Can’t remember the title.

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